Quotation by Mark Twain

Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs?
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910), U.S. author. The Innocents Abroad, ch. 23 (1869).

Of sightseeing in Venice; real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
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